Industry Insiiide: Techn0de… Bringing Real Techno Back to Perth
How a return from NYC and a chance meeting with a DJ turned into a movement. We sit down with Law & Kate to talk about the “Hybrid Moment” in electronic music, the importance of subwoofers, and the financial reality of promoting.
In 2020, Law Corden returned to his hometown of Perth after years immersed in the New York City underground scene. He found that after COVID, the city that had forgotten techno.
“The scene that once thrived was nowhere to be found. Only one great crew, Concept, was working with techno,” Law recalls. “Rather than accept the silence, Law took action.”
That action birthed Techn0de (spelled with a zero “just to confuse the hell out of everyone”), a brand that has since brought heavyweights like Space 92, Christian Smith, and Wehbba to WA. Alongside co-owner and resident DJ Kallide (Kate), the duo has spent the last five years rebuilding the genre from the ground up.
We sat down with the pair to discuss the operational nightmares of big shows, the operational reality of running events, and why the lines between EDM and Techno are blurring.
🏙️ The Origin: NYC to Perth
The Techn0de story is one of timing. Law returned to Perth right as the world paused for COVID. Seeing a gap in the market where legendary crews like Delirium once stood, he launched his first event in 2021 with Drumcode legend Christian Smith.
“The response was overwhelming. Faces from the past, techno lovers who had disappeared for over a decade, came together once again.”
It was at one of these early gigs that Law met Kate (Kallide).
“Initially I was looking for an opportunity to play the music I loved,” Kate says. “But after seeing how much work goes into running events, I decided to get more involved to make techno happen in Perth.”
Shortly after, she became a partner. “It comes at a cost, but I believe we built something special… something that made our city a recognised global techno hub.”
🔊 It’s All About The Subs
For Techn0de, the “vibe killer” isn’t bad lighting or long lines—it’s physics.
“For techno, it’s all about the sound,” they explain. “You can have the best artist in the world… but if you have a weak baseline, that’s it.”
They note that many Perth venues are tuned for general club nights or bands, sometimes lacking the specific low-end pressure required for driving techno.
“Even when working with well-equipped venues, we prefer to bring extra subs. You gotta feel techno going through you.”
📉 The Metro City Lesson
Promoting isn’t all sold-out shows. Law and Kate opened up about their most stressful risk: a four-headliner show at Metro City that got blindsided by a competing event announced last minute.
“It created a stressful scramble… we had a major artist confirmation come through very late, which meant we lost valuable lead time.”
The lesson? “Build the timeline around confirmation, not optimism.”
It’s a masterclass in resilience: even though the process was chaos, they delivered the show, proving to themselves that Perth can handle major-scale techno events.
🤝 The “Hybrid Moment”
When asked about the current state of the scene, Techn0de offered a nuanced take on the “hardening” of electronic music.
“We have noticed that electronic music, especially EDM, has gotten harder, faster, tougher… partly cultural (post-pandemic release) and partly cyclical,” they explain.
Rather than calling it “dilution,” they see it as a collision of worlds.
“It’s a hybrid moment—future rave, hard-leaning EDM, and peak-time techno blurring together. EDM didn’t turn into techno, and hard techno isn’t new EDM, but they’re meeting in the middle.”
🔮 The Future: NoNameLeft & Space 92
The momentum isn’t slowing down. This Saturday (Jan 17), they return to The Rechabite with Hungarian artists NoNameLeft and Kate Hex.
“We can’t oversell it enough,” they say. “NoNameLeft finished 2025 in the top 10 best-selling techno artists in the world.”
Following that, they are teaming up with WeLove to bring back the “best-selling techno artist of all time,” Space 92, to Metro City on Feb 28.
⚡ Techn0de’s Quickfire
| Category | Answer |
| Favourite Genre | Peak-Time Techno |
| Favourite Venue (Perth) | The Rechabite (and shoutout to Soulouk/Above All Else crews) |
| Vinyl or Digital? | Vinyl for the soul, Digital for the club. |
| Ideal Crowd Size | “Full.” |
| Must-Have Party Element | Subwoofers. |
| Dream Collab | Taking Techn0de to ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) |
🔌 Pass the Aux
We ask every feature guest to answer a question left by the previous interviewee.
Incoming Question from Good Karma Music:
“What’s one hard lesson the scene taught you that you wish you’d learned earlier?”
Techn0de:
“You need to assume your early events could lose money. Budget for the worst case, and cap your downside so you never go broke or risk your house. If you run 12 shows a year, it’s normal to expect around half to lose money… Setbacks are part of it, so staying focused on the community and the music is what keeps you showing up.”
Outgoing Question for the Next Organiser:
“What genres do you think will thrive and what will go quiet in Perth in the next few years?”
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